Lock-joint for fishing-rods, &amp;c.



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Patented July 18,1911.

JAMES WILLIAM YOUNG, OF REDDI'lCI-I, ENGLAND.

LOCK-JOINT FOR FISHING-RODS, &C.

Specification of Letters Platent.

Patented July 18, 1911 Application ined Jane i4, 191e. sei-iai No.566,824.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it `known that l, JAMES TILLIAM Yol'xo, a subject. Aof His Majestythe King ot Great Britain and Ireland, residing at 173 Mount Pleasant,Redditch, 4England, fishing-reel manufacturer, have invented new anduseful Improvements in Lock- J'oints for Fishing-Rods, for SecuringTools in Handles. and for other Like Uses, ot which the following is aspecification.

T his invention relates to an improved lock joint for fishing rods, forsecuring tools in handles and for other like uses, whereby a simpleforni of lock fast joint is produced which is easily manipulated and notliable to get out of order, while it is impossible for the parts tobecome accidentallyA disconnected during use.

ln a lock joint constructed in accordance with this invention theeylindrical'socket part of the joint inwhich the spigot 'fits isfurnished on its outside .with a spring tongue carrying an inwardlyprojecting stud which passes through. a hole in thesocket and engageswith a corresponding hole in the spigot, and the outer end of thisspring tongue has fixed to it a ringwhich embraces the socket and is ofsomewhat larger diameter than the same, and When this ring is pressed asby a persons thumb against the side of the socket opposite to the studand tongue said tongue is thereby forced away from the socket, and thestud is removed from the hole in the spigot so that the latter can thenbe withdrawn. rThe spigot has a collar part which abuts against the endtof the socket and limits the distiaiieewhich the spigot enteis thesocket, so that. by trning the spigot in the socket, when fully insertedtherein, the hole in the spigot will coincide with the hole in thesocket and the stud will engage in both holes and lock the spigot inlthe socket as aforesaid.

Our invention is .illustrated by the accompanying drawings on which-Figure 1. is a front perspective view of a lock joint ('-onstructed inaccordance with this invention, the spigot and socket being illustratedas fixed to two parts of a fishing rod; Fig. 2. shows in part sectionalelevation the spigot part of the joint; and Fig. 3. is a sectional frontelevation of the socket part of the joint. v

ln carrying out this invention the spigot end 1' of the joint and thesocket 2 of the'.

ysaine are made of cylindrical tubular forni as l usual and arepreferably parallel and of such a size that the spigot will slide andtit properly in the socket.. The spigot part 1 has formed on it a collar3 which. when the spigot 1 is inserted in the socket 2. abuts againstthe open end 4 of the socket to limit the distance whiehthe spigotwillenter the socket. The portion of the rod to which the spigot part 1 istixed is marked 5 and the other portion of the rod to which the socketpart. 2 is fixed is marked `6. Fixed to the outside of the socket part 2at a convenient distance from its open 4end 4- a spring tongue 7 isfixed as by the screw 8, the free end 9 of this spring tongue beingfurnished with an inwardly piojecting pin or stud 10 which passesthrough a hole 11 in the socket 2, and when the spigot is inserted inthesocket and properly in position therein as hereinafter described,engages in a corresj'ionding hole 12 in, thespigot 1. Fixed to the freeend 9 of the spring tongue 7 there is a ring- 13`which is made ofsomewhat larger diameter than the external diameter of the socket 2 andof such asizc that when the side 14 of the ring 13 opposite to the stud10 is pressed against the socket 2, as in Fig. 3. thespring tongue 7 ispressed away from the socket 2 thereby removing the stud l() from thehole 12 in the spigot 1L which latter can then be withdrawn from thesocket 2. It will be understood that'the spring 7 normally lies againstthe side of the socket'y 2 as 'in Fig. l. with the stud projecting intothe interior of the socket 2 and with thering A13 projecting beyond thesocket opposite to the spring tongue 7.

lVhcn securing the spigot end 1 of the joint in the socket 2, the upperpart ot' the spring tongue 7 carrying thestud 10 has to be pressedoutwardlyvas in Fig. 3. by pressing the ring part 14 of' the ring 13against the socket 2 as aforesaid which allows of the spigot 1 beingpassed right into the socket 2 so that the collar 3 bears against theen'd 4t of the socket lhe ring is then released so that the spring 7presses the stud l() against the side ot the spigot 1 and then it thehole l2 does not coincide with the hole ll the spigot is turned arounduntil the two hol-es coincide, and then the pin 10 is by the springtongue caused to snap and enter the hole 12 in the spigot therebyetfectually locking the spigot into the socket and pre-l venting anyaccidental disengagement o the socket.

same inasmuch as the spigot 41 cannot be removed from the socket 2 untilafter the spring tongue 7` carrying the stud 10 has by pressure on theportion A1K1 of the ring 13 as aforesaid, been pressed away from thesocket. The holes 12 and 11 can readilyA be made to coincide with oneanother by being drilled at one operation after the spigot has beeninserted in the socket with the collar 3 pressed against the end 1 ofthe The ring 13 can conveniently be made separate from the spring tongue7 and fixed thereto by the stud 1() being "formed as a screw and screwedthrough the ring into the tongue as shown, but if desired the ring 10may be made in a piece with the spring tongue 7.

lVhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent isAn imprm'ed lock joint for fishing rods, for securing tools in handles,:1nd for other like uses, consisting of a cylindrical socket portion,furnished on its outside with a spring tongue carrying un inwardlyprojecting stud adapted to engage with a corresponding hole in thespigot, in combina tion with a ring of somewhat larger diameter than thesocket secured to the free end of the spring tongue and embracing thesocket, substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

In testimony whereof I have. signed my nanie to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES IVILLIAM YOUNG.

Witnesses:

CHARLES BoswoR'rI-r Kerner, WALTER BARTLAME.

